Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

I get tired of hearing it's a crummy world and that people are no damned good. What kind of talk is that? I know a place in Payette, Idaho, where a cook and a waitress and a manager put everything they've got into laying a chicken-fried steak on you.

Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.

For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine.

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.